museums and galleries

International Artist Romuald Hazoumè: Gallery Talk

Romuald Hazoumè will discuss his work practice and new works within Cargoland, his third solo exhibition at October Gallery, London...

Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden

A free talk by author, Rachel Lichtenstein on researching and writing her new book 7pm (arrive from 6.30 pm) Tuesday 19th of June 2012...

The Nazi Games: Politics, the Media and the Body

As the Olympic Games arrive in London this summer, The Wiener Library will be looking back to 1930s Berlin...

WMC Summer Show: Exhibition, Catwalks, Performances

Join us on our Private View night on 22 June to celebrate the success and achievements of WMC's students from our Access to Art & Design, Fashion Foundation, Art & Design Professional Practice Foundati...

Shakespeare: staging the world

The British Museum is staging a major exhibition on the world of Shakespeare, in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company...

Anatomy of an Athlete: Elite sport, surgery and medical art

Free and open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm. Runs to Saturday 29 September The Hunterian Museum has worked with the Medical Artists’ Association of Great Britain to generate new artworks that explore the anatomy and physiology of elite athletics...

Fit Bodies: Statues, Athletes and Power

This exhibition showcases eight competition entries by UCL students that critically reflect on the questions What is a fit body? What do we mean by ‘fit’ today and in the past?...

Superhuman - An exhibition exploring human enhancement

Glasses, lipstick, false teeth, the contraceptive pill and even your mobile phone – we take for granted how commonplace human enhancements are...

Freud Museum Annual Open Day

On the historic day that the Olympic torch travels through the Borough of Camden, join us for our annual Open Day - enjoy free admission, house tours, cream teas in Freud’s glorious garden and a few games of our own. Take part in creative activities...

Kaffee und Kuchen with Museum Tour

Enjoy traditional Austrian Kaffee und Kuchen in Freud’s glorious garden, followed by a house tour and the opportunity to explore Freud’s final home at your leisure...

Kaffee und Kuchen with Museum Tour

Enjoy traditional Austrian Kaffee und Kuchen in Freud’s glorious garden, followed by a house tour and the opportunity to explore Freud’s final home at your leisure...

The Bruce Lacey Experience

Bruce Lacey (born 1927) is one of Britain's great visionary artists. His lifetime pursuit of eccentric ‘making and doing’ has been a cathartic working-through of his experiences...

Looking for stories from you

The James Wigg Practice this year celebrates 125 years...

Capturing emotions: snapshots of life with epilepsy

Following the success of the ‘I am more than Epilepsy’ exhibition launched last year, Epilepsy Action has coordinated a series of workshops with people with epilepsy to use photography as a medium to explore their feelings about living with the condi...

Inner World / Innen Welt: The Projects of Haus-Rucker-Co., 1967-1992

Avant-garde Viennese group Haus-Rucker-Co.’s designs for inflatable structures, prosthetic devices and interventions into public spaces were also blueprints for social change and an experiential theory of architecture...

Sir Hans Sloane Trail

Pick up a Sloane Trail leaflet at the Ford Centre in the British Museum or from the inmidtown kiosk outside Holborn Station to take a tour around Bloomsbury and find out more about Sir Hans Sloane...

Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands

Until 25 September 2012 Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands explores treasures from the last 1000 years of English literature that have been shaped by the country’s unique spaces and places...

Hayden Kay: Household Name

The Cob Gallery presents the first solo show from London-based artist Hayden Kays, ‘Household Name’, showcasing his ‘Typewriter’ and ‘Impact’ series alongside a selection of new sculptural and installation pieces...

Building Olympics

A half-day workshop on the afternoon of Thursday 30 August or Friday 31 August Try our big building challenges and experiment with structure. Can you build structures that are the tallest, the strongest, the widest or with the most loop-the-loop?...

Make Me a Mini Model Mummy

Investigate the sarcophagus of Seti I and discover why some ancient Egyptians were mummified after they died. Make a miniature sarcophagus and a mini model mummy to put in it...

Block printing Workshop

2 Half-day summer holiday workshops to develop skills and explore Soane's treasures with expert guidance. Print your own unique, colourful t-shirt with designs gleaned from the Museum...

Majestic Mirrors

Make your own Soane-inspired mirror frame. 2 Hlaf-day summer holiday workshops to develop skills and explrore Soane's treasures with expert guidance. All materials are provided. Booking is essential...

Doh!

Learn how to make your own salt dough; then use it to create a model inspired by weird and wonderful carvings and casts collected by Sir John Soane...

Peep into Sir John Soane's Museum

Create a magical peep-hole theatre inspired by treasures in the Museum. 2 Half-day summer holiday workshops to develop skills and explore Soane's treasures with expert guidance. All materials are provided. Booking is essential...

Mirror Madness!

2 Half-day workshops to develop skills and explore Soane's treasures with expert guidance...

Grow Your Own City

2 Half-day summer holiday workshops to develop skills and explore Soane's treasures with expert guidance. Learn to cut and fold card to make pop-up buildings...

Luminous!

2 Half day summer holiday workshops to develop skills and explore Soane's treasures with specialist guidance. Play with light like Sir John Soane, to create different effects. Make your own light box to take home...

Heads Up!

2 Half day summer holiday workshops to develop skills and explore Soane's treasures with specialist guidance...

Olympic Victory!

2 Half day Summer holiday workshops to develop skills and explore Soane's treasures with special guidance. Ancient Greek Olympic victors were awarded an olive wreath to celebrate their success. Modern athletes celebrate with medals...

Hidden Helpers of the Museum

We need more Museum fairies, elves and magic folk to help us open up the Soane! Create some special friends to look after your favourite things- either 2D or 3D using papier-mache and wire...

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